In the top photo, there's a full 6x6 red page on the left, followed by two dark brown 6x2 inch flaps, to which I added pictures, matted with light brown paper. The second picture shows the page created using the two flaps, and the third picture shows a full 6x6 red page on the right and a flap page on the left (with the photo added). This gave me plenty of room to add pictures and journaling. Here's two other pages I liked:

I kept the embellishments very simple. I mainly used two different Close to My Heart stamp sets. One had the date journaling stamp that I used on my cover and for each day (you can see the Monday and Tuesday ones above). The other had a variety of stamps (the "time to" one; a "life is good" and "good day" ticket; the phrase "follow your dreams"' and a swirl). I used these throughout the album. I also supplemented with the "memoir" and "write your own story" stamps you can see on the cover.Overall, I'm really happy with the album. It really chronicles a week in my life and covers my work, family and creative pursuits pretty well. I've noticed that I've taken many fewer pictures this year, so I'm really glad to have this album to really record the nitty gritty of our lives. Plus, I'm going to count this as my monthly make for May (just in the nick of time)!Did you do Week in the Life? Did you complete your album?

13 comments:

What a wonderful album you created here! I alwas want to do projects like this, but I know that I'd never finish them. I did a "Week in the Life" photo project last summer, but only on my blog. If was fun, but very time consuming.

What a great album! Every time I see one in blogland I think I should do this project, but it always seems to overwhelming. It occurs to me, however, that I have plenty of photos from our week with Sarah that I could put an album together---certainly not typical, but not really a travel album either.

Maria "Rinda" Ontiveros

Artist & Blogger

2016 Summertime Scavenger Hunt

The List!

1. A "wild heart" - a naturally occurring heart (like the rock above, but it doesn't have to be a rock)2. A footprint or pawprint3. A skeleton, bone or x-ray4. A book or magazine read during 20165. A porch or deck6. A camper (caravan)7. A family gathering8. A drawing, art project, artistic photograph, scrapbook page, greeting card, or art journal page created by you.9. Someone playing with, in, or around water.10. A bicycle11. Fresh produce12. A window13. The moon14. A buffet of food15. A team logo16. A map showing a trip taken during the time period17. Twins18. A supermarket cart, basket or trolley full of groceries 19. A seasonal cocktail or beverage20. Someone laughing21. A photograph of you with a newspaper or calendar page from the time period covered in the Hunt. Note: you may not use a substitute for this item.Alternatives - if you're having trouble finding any of the above, you may substitute from this list (but you may not substitute for item #21):alternative 1: a lighthousealternative 2: a baby (human or animal)